Where does “air tauhu” come from?

air tauhu (Malay) comes from Malay air, from Proto-Malayic air, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ — water.

air tauhu (Malay): soy milk beverage extracted from soy beans

Definitions

  1. soy milk beverage extracted from soy beans

Ancestry of “air tauhu”, step by step

air tauhu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay air

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayairwater; a cockfight round which started by...
2Proto-Malayicairwater
3Proto-Malayo-Chamicairwater
4Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanwairwater
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwahiʀwater

via Malay tauhu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytauhutofu
2Hokkien豆腐—
3Middle Chinese豆bean
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wair →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Chamic air →